Rachelle Staley totally rocks. Rachelle Staley is my hero. Rachelle Staley has changed lives for almost a thousand internationally adopted children, impacted dozens of youth at NFC (including my daughters now), and has great stories. And I finally got to live in one of them. Rachelle knows Phil Stacey: She and Phil and Phil’s sister [...]

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Yearly Meeting has begun…which means yesterday in our worship services, many Friends from far and wide joined us. It was good! Here’s what I shared.

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It was June 27, 2005. I began a quest: get a picture of a license plate from every state. Fast forward to July 7, 2006, just over a year later. I had every state except Delaware. I thought my quest was coming to a close. Fast forward to July 10, 2007, almost exactly a year [...]

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After almost 1500 miles, 40 innings, and 31 runs, our baseball adventure is over. Today, we left Toledo, Ohio about 8:30 am, and drove a few hours to see the Pittsburgh Pirates take on the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park. It was a hot afternoon for baseball, but beautiful. We entered the stadium by passing [...]

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Last night, we were in the reigning world champion’s home ballpark. Today, we made the long drive to Comerica Park, home of last year’s runner up, the Detroit Tigers. And while traveling between last year’s World Series participants, we saw hallowed football ground: South Bend Indiana is the home of Notre Dame, so we peeked [...]

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Today was very, very fun! Had a leisurely morning in Indianapolis, drove 3 hours or so to St. Louis, stopping at Greenville College on the way (where Jars of Clay met and formed). Doug bought us tram tickets to go the top of the arch in St. Louis, and when we arrived, we discovered a [...]

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Now that I’m actually doing it, I’m realizing what a unique experience this trip is/is going to be. Like my brother said, “When else do I have nothing to do but watch baseball and drive on the interstate?” I arrived on my own in Indianapolis about 11:15 last night. The flight attendant had us look [...]

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“Preaching Re-Imagined” by Doug Pagitt I blogged about it here…pretty good stuff.

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“The Return of the Prodigal Son” by Henri J.M. Nouwen A theological and personal journey caused by Rembrandt’s painting. Deep and insightful; Nouwen unpacks how Jesus’ story and the painting transformed him.

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“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley 1984 done better.

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